[uucdigest] Saturday, April 8 2000 Volume 03 : Number 575 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | For all available Digest commands including unsubscribe/subscribe, | visit the BMW UUC Digest page: http://www.uucdigest.com | Send SUBMISSIONS to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Complaints? Send 'em to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you must. | Visit http://www.bubbaclub.com | www.bimmers.com - "serving enthusiasts on the 'net" | Visit http://www.bimmer.org - ultimate BMW bulletin boards! | Subscribe to the Zionsville Autosport Parts Digest: | http://www.zionsvilleautosport.com/majordomo.htm ����������������������������������������� In this BMW UUC Digest: Re: [uuc] More 525iT spiffing up questions Re: [uuc] To Celisa, Re; After market CD Changer? [uuc] Broken Plastic Ring for E36 Mid Range Speaker [uuc] re: <E30> Stereo wiring help! Re: [uuc] Rob's Twenty [uuc] <ALL>Replica wheels from Turner Motorsport Re: [uuc] [E36] Bad vibrations under acceleration [uuc] FS: 91 318i Convertible [uuc] M3 4-Dr prices [uuc] Whadja find in dere AT THE TRACK? [uuc] Re: <E30> Stereo wiring help! [uuc] What to see from KY to CT? [uuc] <E30> <iX> Control Arm Replacement -DONE Re: [uuc] To Celisa, Re; After market CD Changer? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 11:20:24 -0500 From: "Daniels, Jason S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] More 525iT spiffing up questions Kip, For the arm rests go to a benz dealer, they used to have this prob with some vinyl/leather, and the have or had a conditioner that got rid of the problem. The dealer told me to remove the windshield washer float and boil it in a water vinigar solution to remove the gunk. Haven't had a problem since. - ---------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [uuc] More 525iT spiffing up questions > Date: Friday, April 07, 2000 2:14 AM > > This listserve is fabulous! Thank you all for the help already given in > response to some of my questions. Even with the DNS problems uuc has been > OK, here are a few more used 525iT fix-it-up questions: > snip> -The leather armrests, when in the down position, squeak incessantly > while driving as they rub the seat. I've tried Meguiar's Leather Cleaner > to no avail. Any ideas for a silencing lubricant that's safe for the > leather? snip> > -The windshield float sensor is moving properly in the washer reservoir > tank, but the OBC is chiming "Washer Fluid Low." Any hints on how to > correct this? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 11:59:02 -0500 From: "Daniels, Jason S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] To Celisa, Re; After market CD Changer? As long as you don't have service problems. They used to work with you, but I guess that after spending over 25K and driving 60 miles for service in the last 5 years they don't want to work with long term customers that have problems on used rides that they JUST purchased.(just a flame directed at service, not parts, they are great.) jason daniels, disgruntal customer 94 530ita (3rd and last car from Knauz) 88 325ica (1st car from them) 74 2002tii 85 740turbo (volvo) - ---------- > From: Christopher J. N. Kolaitis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [uuc] To Celisa, Re; After market CD Changer? > Date: Friday, April 07, 2000 5:46 PM > > Hi Celisa, > > Give Kevin Hale at Knauz BMW in Lake Bluff, IL a call at 847.283.6742, > his direct line. Kevin is The electronic parts and performance parts > specialist. > > He is willing to help you and will work a deal for you. Yes, he will > ship and give you a return credit, if need be. > > Knauz BMW in Lake Bluff Illinois is the finest BMW customer service > organization in the USA. > > Tell em Chris sent ya, > Chris, Windy City Club > 97 M3 daily driver > 00 M5 visiting relatives at AC SCHNITZER in Germany > > PS How can you be driving around without all your tunes? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 12:59:49 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Broken Plastic Ring for E36 Mid Range Speaker I am sending this message out again because I posted it just before the digest went down and I don't know if it went through. My mid range speaker ring has been cracked for a few weeks now on the passenger side. And finally yesterday it gave out and fell down the door. It broke in two spots, hence there are two pieces. I called the dealer for just the screen and ring for the speaker, but naturally they will only sell the whole speaker for a mere $70 plus installation. I was thinking of maybe getting some special glue (no idea which) and putting it back together, but that would look horrible. I know this is one of those top ten tings that go wrong in the E36 so any ideas would be great. I have a feeling I am just going to have to cough up the dough. TIA. Milo 95 M3 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 13:33:15 -0400 From: Aziz Meruani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] re: <E30> Stereo wiring help! Ed, Here is one good source I was referred to: http://infomatch.com/~cbaisley/bmw.htm I just had mine stolen a few weeks ago. Fortunately the wiring was still intact. However, it did not match the wiring on the web site listed above. It was actually easier :-) - -Aziz BMW CCA #145895 Sharked '89 325i ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 14:17:47 -0400 From: "Curt Kiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] Rob's Twenty Duane reveals: >Wait a minute, weren't we getting them for $ 15 a dance during O'Fest at >BABES? I can't remember.....or did we just get the Fifty - Dance Discount >Coupon Book? Seems like we were in there a really LONG time <chuckle> LOL Trust me, as many as our group had it was the Fifty LAP Dance Discount Coupon Book! I have trouble remembering also but I do recall some lucky bubba getting a 'two-for-one' and the end of the evening. And who could that be??? Everyone take a good guess! Curt ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 12:31:51 -0600 From: "Greg East" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <ALL>Replica wheels from Turner Motorsport I'm seriously considering buying a set of 17" M3 Lightweight replica wheels from Turner Motorsports. Does anyone have any experience with these wheels, good or bad? TIA Greg East '96 328i Loveland, Colorado ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 13:56:14 -0400 From: "Gary Derian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] [E36] Bad vibrations under acceleration Guibo/u-joints Gary Derian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Recently (within the last two days or so) my '94 325is has begun to vibrate > under acceleration. The vibration is like a shudder that occurs only when I > am on the gas but disappears as soon as I am off (to upshift, for example). > It only occurs under at least moderate power (at least halfway down on the > gas pedal), and then only above 3-4000 RPMS. I experience it as soon as I > push the pedal and the RPMs climb above that level. I get the vibration in > 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gears but the higher gear I'm in the more RPMs it seems to > take to start shuddering and I have not reached that speed in 4th or 5th > gears since it started. More throttle/higher RPMs/lower gears all seem to > increase the strength of the vibration, but I do not get the vibration at > all unless I am accelerating somewhat hard. I think that fact would rule > out things like wheel bearings, tire pressure/wheel weights, various > driveshaft bushings, etc. I don't notice any clutch slippage either; speed > seems to rise smoothly with RPMs even during the shudder, and I would think > that if the clutch were slipping I would be able to smell it burning as I > melted it under hard acceleration, but I can't. The car has 98,xxx miles > and is rigorously maintained. Somebody please help me figure out what this > is and what I need to do to fix it; this will really spoil any upcoming nice > weekend drives around twisty roads! Thanks! > --Lane Flynn > BMW CCA #158896 > 94 325is <--hurtin' > > P.S. Some months ago I mailed out some copies of a procedure I had to > install one-touch sunroof opening and closing into an E36. I think I've > since lost that procedure. Could one of you who asked for it and still has > it send me back a copy? Thanks a lot. > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 13:33:52 -0500 From: Steve Conner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] FS: 91 318i Convertible For Sale - 1991 318i Convertible - - 117,695 miles - - 5 speed manual - - Brilliant Red w/Black top - - Black Cloth Interior (really more like gray) - - BMW OEM Conv. top within last two years - - Super nice stock condition, needs nothing - - VIN WBABA7319MEJ10554 - - Price: $7800 obo Email or call for more information. Electronic photos available upon request. Steve Conner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kokomo, IN 765-883-7365 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 11:50:30 -0700 From: Avinash Heroor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] M3 4-Dr prices I was at the dealer Friday afternoon and test drove a '98 4-Dr M3 with 18,000 mi on the clock. I had a few questions for the digest 1. The price differential between a '97 and a '98 is nearly 10K. Do '97s have some glitch that I'm unaware of? 2. The shifter was *very* notchy going into 1st even at a standstill. My '92 325 does not do this, is this normal for an M? Thanks, Avi. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 15:24:13 -0400 From: Ken W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] Whadja find in dere AT THE TRACK? Here's a new twist to this funny thread. What have you found in your car on the track that may have been previously wedged under something? At Lime Rock on Wed., I was sitting in the pit lane waiting to go out on the track, all harnessed in, helmet and gloves on, etc., and looked into the center console to see my wallet sitting in there. I had gone out for gas a while before. Black wallet, black console. Never saw it. So I just took it and threw it under the seat. :) When packing up my stuff at the end of the day, I have the passenger seat up and notice something black wedged under there. I was WONDERING where that flashlight had gone! Good thing it was one of those black rubber covered shock/water-proof ones, so it never moved. - -Ken '91 M3 '86 GTI - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: ScopusFest ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 11:51:56 -0700 (PDT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [uuc] Re: <E30> Stereo wiring help! Hi Ed, I asked the digest for the same info regarding my former '84 318. Curt Ingraham stepped up with what I needed; I'll just send you his original reply to me: - ----- In BMW Digest v07.n1714 Keith Way <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Somewhere in my poor little ['84 318i] bimmer's life, it lost it's > radio. Time to give it another [non-BMW radio]. ... I need to know > what wires in the dash are for what (My information is based on an '89 E30 ETM; details for an '84 car may differ.) Keith matched up these DASH wires with the FRONT SPEAKER wires: yellow/red = left front spkr + yellow/brown = left front spkr - blue/red = right front spkr + blue/brown = right front spkr - and found these wires at the REAR SPEAKERS: yellow/black = left rear spkr + yellow/brown = left rear spkr - blue/black = right rear spkr + blu/brown = right rear spkr - but he could not find the matching wires in the DASH. Perhaps the other ends of those wires are at the amplifier. Some E30 cars have an amp between the radio and the speakers. It will be necessary to verify that fact before wiring in a new radio. If the car does have an amp, all the speakers should have been wired to it rather than to the radio. Look for the amp in the trunk above the left wheel house. My '89 ETM yielded the following functions for the wires that Keith found in the DASH: brown = ground yellow/black = left rear channel from radio to amp blue/black = right rear channel from radio to amp grey/violet = radio operating power (hot when key in Accy, Run, & Start) grey/red = radio dial illumination (from light switch) red/green = radio memory power (always hot) And if there is an amp, the following applies between the radio and the amp: yellow/red = left front channel from radio to amp blue/red = right front channel from radio to amp I know this is sketchy, but it's at least a start. Curt Ingraham '72 2002tii Oakland, California - ------- This info worked for me (there was no amp in my '84, but I figured it out just as well). Hope this helps, Keith Way _______________________________________________________ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 21:03:07 -0400 (EDT) From: John Firestone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] What to see from KY to CT? Well, after answering my share of questions from people asking about what to see and do in Germany, now its my turn to ask about the U.S. I will be driving from Western Kentucky to Southern Connecticut April 19-20, then I will be within striking distance of Newark, NJ a few days later. Does anyone have any suggestions of interesting routes or people or places that I should see? I will have with me some gizmos I am working on if anyone would like to see some of my projects for a few E36 3ers. Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions! - -John '96 318is - -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 13:15:48 -0700 From: "Larry Simmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [uuc] <E30> <iX> Control Arm Replacement -DONE A couple weeks ago I polled the list about replacing my control arms. Thanks to Jack Money and Neil Deshpande for pointing me to the website describing the replacement of control arm bushings and thanks also to Matt Weimer for the instructions and pictures re:changing front CV boots on an iX. Both references helped me get my arms around the project. I finished the job a couple days ago. About a 5 hour job by myself. Don't think I would have tackled it without the heads-up mentioned above and moral support from Jeff Roberts. Replaced the following parts: Control Arms $174 per side ($239 list) - from VOB Non-offset Polyurethane bushings $40 per side - from RTRS, Inc. Also purchased the following special tools: Control Arm Bushing Bracket puller ($120) - from Technic Tool Control Arm Bushing Arbor for pressing out bushing ($30) - from Technic Tool Ball Joint Separator ($16) - from Napa Auto The most difficult part of this project was separating the ball joint from the strut housing. Took a large hammer and a good dose of moxy. Nothing from the engine bay had to be removed; all bolts could be reached from below using box and end wrenches. Local shopped pressed the bushings in/out for $10. Haven't notice too much difference. The upgraded bushings seem to transmit more road noise to the cabin. There is less tramlining...perhaps there has been some freeplay developing for a while. Front-end does seem to be tighter. Larry Simmons '91 M5 '91 iX ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 16:13:09 -0500 From: "Celisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [uuc] To Celisa, Re; After market CD Changer? Enough said, I guess I'll be getting it now from Pacific BMW. I hate that I just purchased a ticket to Chattanooga TN to visit my sister, now I'll be putting this off I guess. Thanks for the information. I WON'T purchase a after market. Celisa > As long as you don't have service problems. They used to work with you, but > I guess that after spending over 25K and driving 60 miles for service in > the last 5 years they don't want to work with long term customers that have > problems on used rides that they JUST purchased.(just a flame directed at > service, not parts, they are great.) > > jason daniels, disgruntal customer > 94 530ita (3rd and last car from Knauz) > 88 325ica (1st car from them) > 74 2002tii > 85 740turbo (volvo) > > ---------- > > From: Christopher J. N. Kolaitis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [uuc] To Celisa, Re; After market CD Changer? > > Date: Friday, April 07, 2000 5:46 PM > > > > Hi Celisa, > > > > Give Kevin Hale at Knauz BMW in Lake Bluff, IL a call at 847.283.6742, > > his direct line. Kevin is The electronic parts and performance parts > > specialist. > > > > He is willing to help you and will work a deal for you. Yes, he will > > ship and give you a return credit, if need be. > > > > Knauz BMW in Lake Bluff Illinois is the finest BMW customer service > > organization in the USA. > > > > Tell em Chris sent ya, > > Chris, Windy City Club > > 97 M3 daily driver > > 00 M5 visiting relatives at AC SCHNITZER in Germany > > > > PS How can you be driving around without all your tunes? ------------------------------ End of [uucdigest] V3 #575 ************************** _________________________________________ | Please visit these UUC-approved BMW parts vendors/service providers: | (listed alphabetically) | Bonneville Motorwerks . http://www.bonnevillemotorwerks.com | Circle Tire Co. 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